Collection Tudor Place
Two grand houses were under construction in the young Federal City in 1816: one the President’s House, reconstructed after it wa...
North Front of the President's House
- Artist
- Samuel Blodget, Jr.
- Date of Work
- c. 1800
- Type
- Architectural Drawing
- Credit
- White House Collection/White House Historical Association
North Front of the President's House
This architectural sketch of the North Front of the White House was drawn by Samuel Blodget, Jr., a merchant and amateur architect and artist. A fainter inscription, possibly added by a different individual, indicates the sketch was made "in the Presidency of Jefferson and Madison" or sometime between 1801-1817. Blodget added the carved laurel branches, which were not in place at the time of the sketch.
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